Charlie Sheen to Bring $320M Lawsuit Against CBS

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Charlie Sheen is launching a media and legal campaign against his bosses at CBS.

In addition to granting long interviews with "Good Morning America," "20/20," "Piers Morgan Tonight," "The Today Show" and "Access Hollywood," the "Two and a Half Men" star is bringing a $320 million lawsuit against the network, Warner Brothers and "Men" producer Chuck Lorre for "mental anguish," reports the New York Post.

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Sheen's suit comes in response to the network's decision on February 24 to cancel the remainder of the hit sitcom's season after the actor ripped the show's producers in a series of live radio interviews.

According to the Post's account, as part of the lawsuit Sheen is seeking payment for the show's ninth season, which has yet to be filmed. Last year, he made over $1 million per episode, placing him among television's highest-paid actors.

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The show's production crew has not been paid during the shutdown, but that apparently changed on February 28 when Entertainment Weekly reported that Warner Brothers will pay the crew for four of the eight episodes that have been lost. Earlier, Sheen had offered to pay the crew out of his own pocket.

"It's a start," Sheen told the A.P. in an interview, saying that payments for co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones should be "next."

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"Two and a Half Men" went on a production hiatus in January after Sheen entered rehab following a wild party at his home in Los Angeles. He quickly recovered as said he was ready to return to work prior to his radio outbursts that finally put the show on the shelf for the season.